The Uluru Retreat 2018 and Registration Form Here!

Sewing Up a Storm in the Desert 2018 Uluru Retreat

Experience flying into this Desert Oasis and see the magnitude of the Simpson Desert and Uluru appearing on the Landscape, once on the ground the creative feast of Red Sand, Spinifex, Desert Oaks and vast Sky begins your journey into the Dreamtime of these Ancient Lands. Join self minded Delegates at the Retreat and sew unique Textile Artwork projects with inspiring Tutors. The Registration Form is Below.

3 Day Workshop 2018 Delegates Packages Includes…

Your exclusive Retreat Welcome Bag and Gift

3 Day workshop with Tutor of your choice in state of the art conference centre.

Gourmet Lunches during 3 workshop days.

Morning Teas during 3 workshop days.

Afternoon Teas during 3 workshop days.

3-day National Park Ticket.

Uluru Sunset Bus Tour with Wine Tasting.

Outback BBQ Dinner in the Uluru National Park including drinks with
Complimentary Star Talk.

Return airport-resort-airport shuttle transfers.

Exclusive BERNINA 215 Sewing Machine with unique art skin

Textile Art 3 day workshops $2887.00 per person.

Textile Art 3 day workshop with Sophie Standing $3187.00 per person. SOPHIE SOLD OUT

We are very pleased to announce
BERNINA Australia is again the Major Sponsor in 2018 of the uniquely skinned 215 BERNINA machines, that will be included in the sewing classes at a bonus priced package and waiting for you at Uluru to
‘Sew up a Storm’ then take them home with you after the event, If you are flying please remember to book an extra baggage booked home so you can check through your new BERNINA sewing machine all safely packed in its original box ( this has worked very well the past 2 Retreats)

Julieanne Turner Nungurrayi ‘s
Stunning Artwork
Titled “Womans Dreaming” My Country is featured on the BERNINA machine for the 2018 Retreat.

Julieanne is the daughter of prominent artist, Maureen Hudson Nampitjinpa. Her style is quite different to her famous mother’s paintings, however there are some similarities as far as design goes… Read More Here

Travel Itinerary for this Event in 2018

All Delegates will need to organize and be responsible for all their own travel plans, travel insurance and accommodation for this Retreat at Uluru….some of you might like to stay longer and tour after the retreat so that would be an option that you can plan individually.
We realize it is a long way off but as Ayers Rock is an isolated place and bookings need to be secured as soon as possible.Ayers Rock Resort has offered a special deal for accommodation bookings.

Delegates attending the Retreat will need to book the following travel dates for flights and accommodation.

You will need to book your own Flights to Ayers Rock Airport arriving on Friday 3rd August and departing Ayers Rock Resort Yulara Tuesday 7th August after the Weekend Retreat unless you stay on for the extra workshop days or to do some extra touring around.

4 Nights’ Accommodation in whatever level of accommodation you want either shared or single. Ayers Rock Resort will help you with this…see the Resort Booking Form to contact the Resort directly for the discounted rate. Resort Accomm Booking

The workshops will run… Sat 4th – Monday 6th August. And the second set of workshops with Caroline Sharkey and Sophie Standing will be 8-9th August.

Delegates will be able to eat at the many restaurants throughout the Resort all located in Yulara. Dinner bookings are advised, also self-cater from the IGA Supermarket if you wish. The Uluru Meeting Place is located next to Sails Resort and a short walk to Town Centre the other Hotels. The Free Resort Shuttle Bus runs all day and picks up around the ring road at all resort receptions for guests convenience to get around and see the township, visit the restaurants at each hotel. The walking paths around town are mostly flat, the walk across the middle ring is sand and solar lit at night. Getting around Yulara is visitor friendly and your reception can help with directions.

Caroline Sharkey3rd Uluru Textile Art event…
“Sewing Up a Storm in the Desert”
My art practice is to change the surface with fabric and fibre, to make marks with a machine and hand thread and to create a visual piece that represents an emotion, an experience and a memory of the place… Read More

Gloria LoughmanGloria lives at Drysdale, on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. She is a trained secondary teacher having worked mainly in the areas of literacy and special education. Over the years, she has dabbled in many areas of patchwork. After completing some studies in art, she began to make her large vivid landscape quilts depicting the Australian bush. Read MoreBoth Sophie Standing 3 day and 2 day workshops are now SOLD OUT!Sophie Standing….. is a British born artist who has lived in Africa for 15 years. She produces her art by combining applique and free motion embroidery. The details of the animals and fauna are created by sewing with different coloured threads only.Read More

Michelle Mischkulnig
I have been a textile artist forever and that’s a fabulous forever. What I will bring to Uluru as a tutor is a possibility. I will introduce the participants to a glorious hand dyed silk mesh fabric, delicate and light o touch with a sensuous drape and lustre this is the base cloth to be richly embellished and free motion stitched. Read More

Ali George“Textures and Treasures” – an Outback Adventure in Textile Art…I love to print, paint, draw, stitch, overprint, discharge –I start with blank fabric on which I creative a narrative. I’m passionate about printmaking – and using found objects from my domestic space and travels to create fabrics that tell tales.Read More

Ro Bruhn“Painted Dreaming Bag with Desert inspired decorations”I’m a full-time artist and tutor. I teach jewellery making, acrylic painting and collage as well as a variety of textile classes all over Australia and overseas. My Art Practice includes body adornment jewellery, surface design in fabric journal making, creative art quilts and unique fashion accessories. Read More

CONGRATULATIONS STEPHANIE ALLEN

And I am very pleased to announce that
Stephanie Allen from Mirani near Mackay in QLD
is the first recipient of this Mentor-ship program.

Stephanie will join us at ‘The Sewing up a Storm in the Desert Retreat’ to join in as a trainee Tutor with several workshops over this 3-day event and be inspired by knowledgeable professional Tutors, connect with Delegates coming from all around the world and work with industry leaders.

This Mentor-ship has already started with Stephanie… with advice on business, connecting with clients and ongoing promotional ideas that will help her as a business woman and Textile Art Tutor for the future.

Desert Threads Art Prize DetailsBe Inspired by the
Beauty of the Australian Desert!Open to all fibre, thread & textile Artists. The Art prize accepts entries representing any use of fibre, threads & textiles and encourages the artist to explore traditional and non-traditional practices.We are looking for contemporary and/or traditional art interpretations of the theme Desert Dreaming. The Collection will be judged and launched at the Uluru Retreat in August 2018. The Quilts will travel for 12 months.